Dr. Timothy Murphy to lead Memorial's Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency Program

by jmaloni

Mon, May 7th 2012 09:20 am

Niagara Falls Memorial
Medical Center has appointed Timothy G. Murphy, D.O., director of its
Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency Program effective June 18.

The appointment was
announced by President and CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo and Vice President
and Chief Medical Officer Vijay Bojedla, M.D.

Murphy is a graduate of
SUNY College at Buffalo and the University of Health Sciences College
of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Miss. He served his family
practice residency at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and has
spent much of his career practicing family medicine in North
Carolina. He returned to Western New York in 2010 to eventually
assume the position of medical director of the PACE/LIFE
program/"Care of the Frail Elderly" along with hospitalist
duties at Mercy Hospital, Buffalo.

Murphy holds board
certification from the American Board of Family Medicine and is
fluent in both Spanish and American Sign Language.

The Osteopathic Family
Medicine Residency Program at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
is a clinical affiliate of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine, a member of the Lake Erie Consortium for Osteopathic
Medical Training, and is accredited by the American College of
Osteopathic Family Practice as an Osteopathic Family Medicine
Residency Program site.

Horizon Health Services
is partnering with Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center to improve
community access to holistic health and wellness services and address
a community need.

This collaboration
between Memorial and Horizon Health, Western New York's largest
provider of outpatient mental health and substance abuse services,
promotes a holistic care model that addresses the physical behavioral
and emotional needs of patients at all stages of life and ensures
coordinated care for at-risk patients.

The gateway to these
services is the Niagara Falls Memorial Primary Care Center, located
across the street from the hospital at 620 10th St., Suite 704.
There, a clinical team led by three primary care physicians and a
physician assistant provides high-quality primary care with an
emphasis on patient comfort and convenience.

Unique to this medical
office is a certified counselor who provides universal screening for
behavioral health and dependency concerns. The counselor then
coordinates the provision of any additional services that patients
may need, including referrals to one of Horizon's 17 locations for
further evaluation.

"A wealth of evidence,
examples and models exist supporting and illustrating primary and
behavioral health care integration as a means for delivering quality
care and improving overall health outcomes," according to the
federal Center for Integrated Health Solutions.

Working with Niagara
Falls Memorial Medical Center, Horizon Health hopes to not only
supply specialized services to those who need them, but continue
providing ongoing education to foster awareness of the services they
offer to the community.